Description

For all persons, DVEXPSRC is a set of summary expenditure variables indicating the total amount paid for dental care expenditures by source of payment during the current calendar year. By adding DVEXPSRC to your data cart, you are in effect adding fourteen annual summary dental care expenditure variables. These variables include:

• DVEXPSELF: Annual total direct health care payments for dental care made by self/family

• DVEXPMC: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by Medicare

• DVEXPMA: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by Medicaid

• DVEXPPR: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by private insurance

• DVEXPVA: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by the Veterans' Administration

• DVEXPTRI: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by TRICARE

• DVEXPOF: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by other Federal sources

• DVEXPOL: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by other State and local sources

• DVEXPWC: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by Worker's Compensation

• DVEXPOPR: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care from other private source

• DVEXPOPU: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care from other public source

• DVEXPOS: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by other unclassified sources

• DVEXPPTR: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by private insurance and TRICARE

• DVEXPOTH: Annual total of direct health care payments for dental care made by all other sources

Related variables
Variables related to total annual dental care expenditures by source of payment, total annual dental care expenditures by type of medical service, and total annual health care charges are also available. Please refer to our user note on expenditures for a list of these variables.

DVEXPSRC is a 1-digit numeric variable.

Comparability

See links to individual variables for more information about comparability over time.

Universe

Availability

• 1996-2021

Weights

• 1996-2021 : PERWEIGHT

Flags

This variable has no flags.